386 General Report on the ExMUtion of Implements 



Class I. 

 Macliines tvith Self Side-Delivery. 



Our award is given below, loo;cthor with the tables ]irc]iared by Mr. Amos, 

 (See 'J'ablcs A and ]>), showin;,!; the comparative draught of tln-ee of tlie 

 machines ; and we proceed to give a short description of each in their order of 

 merit. 



No. 1901, li. Ilornshy and Sons. — May be described as a Swathe self-acting; 

 side-delivery lleaper, with a revolving reel adjustable up or down, backwards 

 or forwards to suit tlic nature of the crop. The delivery is eflectcd by three 

 endless chains, set with steel forks, travelling on a slanting ]ilatform, at the 

 end of which are pulleys jilaced in a diagonal position. The SA\athe was 

 fairly laid clear of the horses' track, the heads generally all one Avay. The 

 lieiglit of the cut is adjusted by means of a toothed quadrant ; the driving- 

 crank pin being globular can act freely although the knife-bar may be altered 

 in position ; the pinion of the first motion can be thrown out of gear, so that 

 when travelling no gearing whatever is at work. The draft of this machine 

 Avas considerable ; tlie work both in the oats and rye was excellent. 



The comparative advantage of a swathe or sheaf delivery is a question that 

 will greatly depend upon the condition of the crop — tying is easier from a 

 well laid sheaf — but where, as in the case of oats, or barley with seeds, 

 the crop requires to lie for some time, the swathe, as delivered b}^ this 

 machine, certainly leaves the grain in a preferable condition for drying, and 

 less likely to be injured by rain than when in sheaf, 



Samuelson'' s and Co. No. 1 Self-Raking Reaper, is somewhat lighter in 

 draft than the old reaper No. 2, and made capital work, laying a regular 

 sheaf. In cases where the oats lay away from the machine or were much 

 twisted, the heads, falling over the upper part of the rake-fan, were occasion- 

 ally carried upwards as the rake was elevated by the cam ; but considering 

 the condition of the crop, the work was well done ; the rakes travel at a 

 moderate sjioed, and collect and deliver the corn from the platform without 

 violence. The draft is moderate, and the construction simple and good. We 

 preferred this machine to No. 2, as making rather better work, and costing 5?. 

 less. The chief novelty in these machines consist in the mode of delivering 

 the cut grain, which is cftected by means of 2 rakes pivoted to a vertical 

 shaft, having a slow rotary motion imparted to it by suitable gearing, the 

 platform has the shape of a quadrant ; its radius being the length of the 

 cutting bar, and its centre the same point as that of the vertical shaft on 

 which the rakes are hung. The modus operandi is as follows : — As the 

 reaper advances the revolving; rakes dip alternately into the standing crop and 

 first incline the grain towards the cutters, then sweep it round the quadrant- 



